Learning
and LeadingPenns
new president is a gifted scholar, an inspiring teacher, and an
effective administrator who knows how to listen and when to act.
By John Prendergast

Signature
StyleAs he
heads West for a teaching position in the other Washington, Paul
Steven Miller C83 looks back on a decade defending the rights of
people with disabilities as an EEOC Commissionerand a lifetime
battling for his own. By Lewis I. Rice

Hard
Questions, Uneasy AnswersReflecting
on his recent experience in Kurdistan (from which he wrote three
earlier letters for the Gazette), a leading scholar of ethnopolitical
conflict ponders Iraqs future. By Brendan OLeary

Writing
For Her LifeStephanie
Williams C92 was determined to fulfill her ambition to write and
publish a novel before cancer killed her. With some help from her
friends, she succeeded. By Caroline Hwang. Plus: An excerpt
from Williams novel, Enter Sandman.

Decade
by DecadeSummariesof Gazette issues at 10-year intervals during
our 100 years of publication, from the first eight-page issue, in November
1902, to October 1992.Centennial
Celebration

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